David McAfee
December 1, 2024
Donald Trump's recent nominee has ties to an ideology that has "sparked multiple acts of violence," according to a new report.
David Corn, D.C. bureau chief of Mother Jones and MSNBC analyst, wrote Sunday that Kash Patel, chosen by Trump to lead the FBI, has embraced "the unhinged QAnon movement." Critics were outraged by the FBI selection.
According to Corn, Patel's "extremism goes far beyond assailing a supposed Deep State."
"Patel is a MAGA combatant who has fiercely advocated Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump and who has championed January 6 rioters as patriots and unfairly persecuted political prisoners. (The still ongoing January 6 case, including scores of prosecutions for assaults on police, is one of the FBI’s largest and most successful criminal investigations ever.) Patel is also a fervent promoter of conspiracy theories. At the end of Trump’s first presidency, when he was a Pentagon official, he spread the bonkers idea that Italian military satellites had been employed to turn Trump votes to Joe Biden votes in the 2020 election. And he has falsely claimed that the Trump-Russia scandal was a hoax cooked up by the FBI and so-called Deep State to sabotage Trump," Corn wrote. "Moreover, Patel has been supportive of the most loony conspiracy theory in MAGA land: QAnon."
Corn further explained the QAnon conspiracy theory, which he said "holds that an intelligence operative known only as Q has revealed through cryptic messages that a cabal of global, Satanic, cannibalistic elitists and pedophiles is operating a child sex trafficking operation as it vies for world domination and conspires against Trump."
"It is pure nuttery. Worse than that, QAnon has sparked multiple acts of violence," he added. "Yet Patel repeatedlyhas hailed QAnoners and promoted this conspiracy theory. In early 2022, when he sat on the board of Trump’s social media company, Truth Social, Patel amplified an account called @Q that pushed out QAnon messaging."
Read the full report here.
'Credibly accused of raping a woman': Guest sounds alarm on Pete Hegseth live on Fox News
David Edwards
December 1, 2024
Lucy Caldwell (Fox News/screen grab)
Fox News guest Lucy Caldwell, a Democratic strategist, argued that sexual assault allegations against Pete Hegseth should be taken seriously after President-elect Donald Trump nominated him to be defense secretary.
On Sunday's Media Buzz program, host Howard Kurtz said that Hegseth and other nominees had faced "credible" threats of violence.
"Also, Thanksgiving Day, Lucy, there were threats against four House Democrats in Connecticut," Kurtz said.
"No matter whom it's targeted against, violence is never the right way to resolve these issues," Caldwell agreed. "All violence is wrong."
"Some of Trump's cabinet appointees have been credibly accused of violent acts, including Pete Hegseth," she continued. "He has been credibly accused of raping a woman. So, I think we should condemn violence against these people. Violence that's carried out by them."
According to The Associated Press, police in Santa Cruz confirmed that sexual assault allegations against Hegseth were investigated in 2017.
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Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni later said her office declined to press charges because there was no “proof beyond a reasonable doubt.” Hegseth eventually paid the woman an undisclosed sum to head off a lawsuit, according to reports.
Over the weekend, The New York Times revealed that Hegseth's mother had called her son an "abuser of women" in emails.
Watch the video below from Fox News.
David Edwards
December 1, 2024
Lucy Caldwell (Fox News/screen grab)
Fox News guest Lucy Caldwell, a Democratic strategist, argued that sexual assault allegations against Pete Hegseth should be taken seriously after President-elect Donald Trump nominated him to be defense secretary.
On Sunday's Media Buzz program, host Howard Kurtz said that Hegseth and other nominees had faced "credible" threats of violence.
"Also, Thanksgiving Day, Lucy, there were threats against four House Democrats in Connecticut," Kurtz said.
"No matter whom it's targeted against, violence is never the right way to resolve these issues," Caldwell agreed. "All violence is wrong."
"Some of Trump's cabinet appointees have been credibly accused of violent acts, including Pete Hegseth," she continued. "He has been credibly accused of raping a woman. So, I think we should condemn violence against these people. Violence that's carried out by them."
According to The Associated Press, police in Santa Cruz confirmed that sexual assault allegations against Hegseth were investigated in 2017.
ALSO READ: Trump allies promise revenge as Dems ram through Biden judges
Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni later said her office declined to press charges because there was no “proof beyond a reasonable doubt.” Hegseth eventually paid the woman an undisclosed sum to head off a lawsuit, according to reports.
Over the weekend, The New York Times revealed that Hegseth's mother had called her son an "abuser of women" in emails.
Watch the video below from Fox News.
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